CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Aggarwal, Malaika |
|---|---|
| Title | Understanding The Impact Of Female Fertility On The Economy Through Female Employment: A Study Of India |
| Summary | The paper studies the relationship between female fertility rates and GDP by studying its impact on female employment rates. I use panel data for all 36 Indian states and union territories, for the period 2011-2020, to study how fertility affects GDP and what factors contribute to this relationship. I perform various panel OLS regressions using first differences. The results signify that an increase in female fertility would decrease female labor force participation which would further decrease NDP. The paper studies the empirical effect of an invisible societal institution that influences/forces women to quit their jobs after they become mothers. The paper finds that there is a negative impact of this norm on the economy, which prevents the country from utilizing its entire labor force. |
| Supervisor | Lee Soomin |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/aggarwal_malaika.pdf |
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